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Dark Suits and Sad Songs

A D.C.I. Daley Thriller, Book 3

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The third installment in the best-selling DCI Daley series, packed with accurate police procedure and gritty, dark humour. The best of Scottish crime.

When a senior Edinburgh civil servant spectacularly takes his own life in Kinloch harbour, DCI Jim Daley comes face to face with the murky world of politics. To add to his woes, two local drug dealers lie dead, ritually assassinated. It's clear that dark forces are at work in the town. With his boss under investigation, his marriage hanging on by a thread, and his sidekick, DS Scott, wrestling with his own demons, Daley's world is in meltdown.

When strange lights appear in the sky over Kinloch, it becomes clear that the townsfolk are not the only people at risk. The fate of nations is at stake. Jim Daley must face his worst fears as tragedy strikes. This is not just about a successful investigation; it's about survival.

©2015 Denzil Meyrick (P)2016 Audible, Ltd Crime Thrillers Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Suspense Highlander
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The third book in the DCI Daley series sees our hero Jim continuing to fight the bad guys and his own personal demons. While doing so he and his fellow police officers and officials are "advised" by the fabulously evocative townfolk of Kinloch. It's one of my absolute favourite parts of the series so far that Meyrick creates this fabulously atmospheric small town in Scotland as a background to his stories.

With David Monteath at the mic you know you're going to get top quality delivery and so we do. It's not as perfect this time because in patches the author over-uses switching between two different scenes to ratchet up the tension. It's a common technique but in this case the switches are very frequent with scant paragraphs between them. There are no pauses or other indicators and so it does require additional attention.

Nonetheless this is a very decent series and the story moved along at a smooth pace, albeit with a slightly darker feel as Daley's sidekick is struggling to recover from his injuries after being shot in the previous book. If I do have a concern about this one and the series going forwards it's whether it's that credible that a small-town cop gets involved in such a level of international intrigue and how Meyrick can follow this up. Looking at the ratings and the reviews already in for the later books it does seem like he has managed it somehow!

Sad Songs Say So Much

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I enjoyed this as best of the three I have listened to with pleasure . Excellent narrator and good story. Unfortunately the Daley character is a bit unappealing but still a recommendable listen. If there is more I will buy.

Enjoyable detective series

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Good storyline throughout, believable characters and portrayal of a on a small Scottish town recommended

Clever trilogy

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Very enjoyable have enjoyed all three books
Narration excellent too. Hope there'll be more soon. I'm

Very well written and very well read

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Glad I discovered DCI Daley books. Many stranded stories with interesting characters and satisfying conclusions. Loved the atmosphere ,and suspense and David Monteith's tone and expression is just right. The accent is just right too.

Complex Scottish murder mystery

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